Islamic countries constitute the geographical units of Islamic civilization...
Islamic countries constitute the geographical units of Islamic civilization, and therefore any factor that disrupts their bond will undoubtedly delay the realization of a new Islamic civilization. Islamic Resistance is susceptible to creating division and isolated units in two ways. First, its realization requires bearing costs and enduring hardships.
This not only causes some countries to fall behind the path of resistance and sever their ties with resistance-oriented nations, but due to the Islamic nature of resistance, may also cause those who fall behind to be labeled as “non-Islamic”. This, in turn, prepares a psychological basis for their alignment with the opposing bloc against the Islamic Resistance.
Second, the pure Islamic nature of resistance inherently sidelines those governments and political leaders in the Islamic world who have little affinity with such purity. As a result, resistance stands in opposition to them just as it does to the open enemies of Islam. Clearly, these two factors generate a certain degree of division within the Islamic world. Given this reality, can Islamic Resistance still be regarded as a capacity for realizing and sustaining a new Islamic civilization ?
Undoubtedly, all major undertakings, precisely because they are major, lack the participation of all their potential contributors and are achieved only with the cooperation of some. Just as the “graduate education project”, due to the effort it requires, does not receive the active participation of all those who need it, yet scholars and designers of knowledge have never doubted its rationality. The project of resistance is no exception.
In other words, phenomena such as revolution, education, and resistance are not evaluated based on those who fail to join them, but rather on those who participate in them and the outcomes and consequences they produce. Moreover, today’s global interconnectedness prevents any complete severing of ties even with opposing countries. More importantly, the spirit of resistance is “not obeying,” not “not interacting”.
Post-revolutionary Iran is the clearest example among the countries of the Islamic Resistance front. Despite relentless efforts, false propaganda, and baseless claims by arrogant powers about Iran’s supposed international isolation, its increasing internal strength and growing external influence have become significant enough to turn it into the most serious nightmare for its adversaries.